Round here

September 2, 2013

I’ll be leaving England for Canada in just a couple of days so we’ve been concentrating on completing the sorts of projects which are better taken on together, like getting enough wood for the open fires we like to have in the winter.

The chain saw has been giving us a bit of trouble and so R went off to his workshop to give it and overhaul and I went for a little walk to show you the hood.

The meadow at Park Farm is huge. All the wild flowers, grasses and nettles are at least four feet tall. It’s glorious and golden and rustle-y under the warm Sept sun.

Just across the lane is the field we look on to. The hay has been harvested and now it’s being plowed up. This is where the Canada geese have been hanging out most mornings.

The field up the road is full of sheep. These guys “baa” every morning and into the evening. There’s one baritone sheep with a very deep bass voice who stands out in the chorus. R and I sometimes look at each other and snigger when we hear him.

This little enclosure is just off the sheep field and is where the ewes and new lambs get placed in the very early spring. I love to photograph these fences and shadow/light plays here.

Here is the lane that our cottage is down. This is the generous entry from the sharp corner of the “main” road, (If you can call it a main road…lol). The lane narrows to a single track and mostly it’s just a detour to two villages off the main road, so mostly it’s just local traffic and services, so it’s ever so quiet.

While I was out photographing these pics for you, I picked a bunch of stems for a little arrangement for my art table. This is a mix of hedgerow berries, (elderberry, rose hips and guelder rose, a kind of viburnum), and a crab apple branch. I think they look just as lovely as flowers, don’t you? 🙂

Veronica what pastoral bliss! And when you put those berries in a white vase to show off their color and put them in the perfect light to make the leaves glow and the berries shine they are even better than flowers! Especially love the deep purple berries hanging down. Safe journeys my talented friend 🙂